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Waste to Resources: A Palisades Teens Leading Change Project

February 15, 2023

Whether it is paper discarded after one use, bananas we are afraid have gone bad, or old clothing we can’t bring ourselves to wear, waste is entrenched in our daily lives.


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Deloitte: A Look Back at Their Day of Giving

February 08, 2023

A lot of work goes into the library in order for it to offer all the services that it does, and our wonderful volunteers do part of that work.


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Teens Leading Change: Platt’s Pollinator Protectors

January 26, 2023

Pollinators play a key role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by contributing to plant reproduction. Through their symbiotic relationships with plants, pollinators spread pollen from one organism to another, while receiving nectar as a result.


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Reducing Animal Stress in Shelter and Rescue Animals

January 18, 2023

For my Girl Scout Gold Award, I am working to reduce stress and boredom in shelter and rescue animals. I started doing this project because I love animals and want to do anything I can to help them.


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The Need for Support Towards LGBTQ+ Youth: A Teen’s Perspective

December 07, 2022

Thousands upon thousands of teenagers in the United States identify as LGBTQ+. In fact, the Human Rights Campaign emphasized that at least 8% of the entire US population consider themselves a part of the community.


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An Evening With Silk Sonic

November 09, 2022

Bruno Mars has been a major figure in shaping music of the 2010s, providing catchy pop tracks that also blend in some funk, R&B, rock, and soul: a mainstream artist that made three massively popular albums in the last decade with hits such as 24K Magic, Just the Way You Are, and W


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Five of My Favorite Sitcoms

September 21, 2022

During the pandemic, I had a lot of extra free time. So I ended up watching a lot of TV, and through some of the darker moments of the pandemic, these five sitcoms brightened up my day.


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Understanding the Latinx Mental Health Crisis

August 19, 2022

The Latinx community has fallen victim to the growing mental health crisis across the United States.


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The Importance of Doing a Team Sport in High School

July 11, 2022

As someone who has done a school sport ever since elementary school, I believe that everybody should do a team sport, especially in high school. Today, I will be talking about the importance of doing a team sport in high school.


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Teens Leading Change: The Housing Crisis in Our Community

May 04, 2022

Hello! We are the Teens Leading Change (TLC) group of the Silver Lake and Echo Park Branch Libraries. Our project has a general goal of learning about the housing crisis in Los Angeles, and more specifically in our neighborhoods of Silver Lake and Echo Park.


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